Movies – Coronavirus restrictions now set to ease Feb. 8 for library pickups, movies, other indoor places

The city’s current coronavirus restrictions are extended one week to the start of Feb. 8, officials said in a Friday email.

In January, the expectation had been to end the current restrictions at the turn of the month.

That means that as of Feb. 8 – called a return to “Phase III, Step 1” of the state’s reopening plan from the city’s “modified Phase II, Step 2” – the following can open their doors and return to operating under their specific pandemic guidelines and limitations:

• Museums
• Indoor historic spaces and sites
• Movie theaters
• Sightseeing and other organized tours
• Indoor events spaces such as meeting rooms, ballrooms and private party rooms
• Indoor recreational activities such as batting cages, driving ranges, go-karts, bowling alleys and rock-climbing walls (though fitness centers and health clubs may operate only at 25 percent capacity and with customers using facilities for only up to 90 minutes a day)

Also, contactless holds pickup at the Cambridge Public Library will resume, first at at the Central Square and Valente branches; as of Feb. 9, at the Main Library; and as of Feb. 10 at the O’Neill Branch.

In-person appointments at city buildings will resume the week of Feb. 8, with appointments available on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week. 

“The City of Cambridge will continue to take a cautious and measured approach to activities and industries permitted in Cambridge and will continue to closely monitor public health data as part of its decision-making process,” officials said in the 

 Information is at cambridgema.gov/covid19.

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